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Dumbphones

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Smartphones dominate the world. But have we become smarter by using them?

This community is oriented for people who prefer either so-called "dumbphones" or "feature phones" in order to regain control of their life.

Here is a very simple set of rules to follow:

  1. Don't be rude to others.
  2. Don't harass or shame somebody for not being hardcore dumbphones fan. Everybody does it his own way.
  3. Keep this community simple: discussions must be dumbphone or smartphone-oriented, not about dogs or food.

All in all, enjoy your time here :D

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Looking to switch back to a dumbphone, need advice (self.dumbphones)
submitted 4 months ago by Nimbletoes to c/[email protected]
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Hey there! I plan on switching back to a dumbphone once my current phone bites the dust, which will be sooner rather than later. I am on Xfinity for bundling purposes, and I definitely want a full qwerty keyboard, preferably slide. What are my options right now, that would be under the 500 dollar range? I'm totally open to blackberrys, too!

All I will be wanting it for is text and calling, but having navigation is nice, too.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not a lot of options in the physical keyboard space. At the moment, you can wait for the Minimal Phone though there’s a good chance it’ll never ship.

There’s no physical keyboard, but the LightPhone III is coming out in the winter. Having used the LightPhone II for over a year, I can say that these people have really thought out the dumb phone experience. It’s a premium product for sure. My biggest complaints with the LPII involved the slow response of the eink display, and the LPIII should fix that by switching to amoled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Do you happen to know if the lightphone has a replaceable battery?

NVM the 2 does not, the 3 not sure.